Wow.

That was unexpected.

I downloaded the first demo when it first came out and hated the interface, so couldn’t work with the game at all. Saw all the reviews (even Kieron Gillen’s infamous Eurogamer review) and ignored them.

But I knew they’d made a new demo and I saw it in the Steam menu today, so i thought I’d download it. Was about to go to bed when I noticed it was ready to play. Stupidly, I booted it up.

The graphics look beautiful. Absolutely gorgeous, much more so than I remember. I really can’t stress how good it is. The interface has been sorted. I still have a few issues with how you look around the level, but nothing major. The gesture system for creating units has gone – and I don’t mourn its loss. What we have now is a beautiful game with huge amounts of personality that’s great fun to play.

And it’s only about a tenner to download? Well, I didn’t run straight upstairs to get my debit card when I finished the demo, but it’s definitely been put on my list.

And now, about ninety minutes late, it’s time for bed.